In order to understand the Noahic covenant, it is necessary to define common grace. Common grace is God's undeserved kindness to all people, no matter what their spiritual status. We label this grace of God as "common" only in the sense of its contrast to his redemptive and saving grace. God's redemptive grace in Christ is not common to all people. Rather, this grace is reserved only for God's elect, bestowing on them all the blessings earned by Christ: regeneration, justification, adoption, sanctification, and glorification (Rom. 8:28-30).

This article shows how the covenant that God established with Noah was evidence of him making a new beginning after the global flood. The article also discusses the merits of the term “covenant with nature.”